Ozu international : essays on the global influences of a Japanese auteur / edited by Wayne Stein and Marc DiPaolo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stein, Wayne, editor.

Di Paolo, Marc, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963--Criticism and interpretation.

Ozu, Yasujirō.

Ozu, Yasujirō, 1903-1963.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xix, 197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Summary:

Ozu International covers all phases of the career of Yasujiro Ozu (1903-1963), from the auteur's silent period through his final color film, An Autumn Afternoon (1962). This anthology moves beyond discussions of Ozu as a traditional, regional filmmaker and instead presents him as a world director with international influence and growing prestige, examining his films through the lenses of Japanese history, religion, philosophy, cinematic storytelling techniques, and media studies. The first half of this collection focuses on exploring the historical and cultural context of Ozu's works, while the second half considers how his films might transcend their origins and appeal to contemporary audiences around the globe. Ozu's greatest works-including I Was Born, But... (1932), Late Spring (1949) and Tokyo Story (1953)-challenge any notion that his movies are stody or old-fashioned, and these essays highlight the emotional, artistic, and spiritual appeal of this work. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Ozu in Cultural Context: Considering Class, Gender, and Domestic Spaces

1 Tokyo Is a Nice Place: The Suburban, the Urban, and the Space in Between in Early Ozu / John Berra Berra, John 11

2 Vanished Men, Complex Women: Gender, Remembrance, and Reform in Ozu's Postwar Films / Maurkio F. Castro Castro, Maurkio F. 29

3 Tokyo Twilight: Alienation, Belonging, and the Fractured Family / Elyssa Faison Faison, Elyssa 53

4 A Sensitivity to Things: Mono no aware in Late Spring and Equinox Flower / J. M. Hammond Hammond, J. M. 77

Part 2 Ozu's International Reception and Influences

5 Too Slow to Handle? Ozu, Malick, and the Art-House Family Drama / Isolde Vanhee Vanhee, Isolde 93

6 Good Morning: The Limits of Cinema and the Issue of Order / Suzanne Beth Beth, Suzanne 115

7 In Yoko's Room: Hou, Ozu, and the Poetics of Space / Tom Paulus Paulus, Tom 133

8 The Representation of Time as Death: Authentic Being in Tokyo Story and Last Year at Marienbad / Jack Lichten Lichten, Jack 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781628922875

1628922877

OCLC:

897042199